Proposal would narrow road space on Charles Street to allow for more space for bicyclists, restaurants

Come on, no one's proposing we litter the street with anti-tank hedgehogs or something like that. It's going to be paint and maybe a few bollards that leave room for emergency vehicles to enter if necessary. If anything, reducing car traffic on the street will make it easier for emergency vehicles to get through.

When we're able to travel again, you might want to consider visiting Montreal, or any number of European countries that have much narrower streets than here and are still able to respond speedily to fires or other emergencies.

If you were really concerned about emergency access, you would have written "good idea, we'll just have to ensure adequate access and clearance for emergency vehicles."

The fact that you won't openly advocate for your car-centric preference tells me that you know it's unpopular and unpersuasive. And, well, that's a good start.

Have you ever been on Charles Street? It's like 80 feet wide. We can spare 20 feet for people not inside stupid metal boxes, and still have space for fire trucks.

Sounds to me like you have never been there. Sheesh.

There are two official lanes of parking and three lanes of travel. On a typical day there are two lanes of parking, one lane of double parking, one lane of cyclists, and a lane remaining for the twenty cars an hour that travel the street.

This street should be narrowed, and after the crisis passes the city should put a two-way bike lane on it.

Every time your lazy, fat ass gets in a car you are getting in the way of emergency services. Make a street pedestrian only and an emergency vehicle can get down it much faster since no selfish drivers like you will be slowing it down.

Wow.
Reading comprehension, people - seriously.
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When your teacher gave you the SRA boxes in grade school, you used them to build a fort instead of opening them and reading the cards, didn't you?
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If you need me to spell it out...
I was replying to the notion of reducing Charles Street to one lane.
I am quite aware that Charles Street is wide. I am sure that a travel lane and a parking lane or two could be converted to provide more pedestrian or sidewalk dining or dedicated bike lane space without critical impact. There would still be two lanes in which motor vehicles could travel.
To have only one motor vehicle travel lane, however - separated from the other spaces with all of the barriers & dividers that would be expected, on the main artery down the middle of a neighborhood, where many nearby streets are already so narrow they put up signs at corners to mark the space needed for fire trucks to make the turns, where (oh yeah) they're right beside the State House so routes needed in and out, leaving no space for other vehicles to get out of the way - that won't work.